So if the followers of Jesus (pbuh) considered God to be their “Father,” then how did they regard Jesus? To answer this let us read together:
“And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.” – Matthew 14:5 (compare with Matthew 21:26)
“And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.” – Matthew 21:11
“But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.” – Matthew 21:46
“And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:” – Luke 24:19
“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.” – John 4:19
“Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.” – John 6:14
“Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.” – John 7:40
Indeed, how did Jesus himself describe himself? Let us read:
“Nevertheless I (Jesus) must walk to day, and to morrow, and the [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.” – Luke 13:33
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.- Matthew 13:57
This is once again confirmed in the noble Qur’an:
“And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Verily! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was [revealed] before me in the Torah”- The noble Qur’an, Al-Saf(61):6
From: What Did Jesus Really Say By Misha’al Ibn Abdullah
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